CO 352 - Topics in Comparative Literature:Literature and Other

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Colorado College

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Advanced consideration of various topics in comparative literature with particular emphasis on comparisons between literature and other disciplines. Block 6: Topics in Comparative Literature: Shakespeare and the Philosophers. In this upper-division interdisciplinary seminar, students will explore the philosophical contexts for Shakespeare's plays. Themes this course will explore include individual authority and the construction of power, the rise of science, self-fashioning, and the efficacy of the individual, doubt and loss of the world. Readings will include selections from the most influential contemporaries and near contemporaries of Shakespeare. We'll explore Machiavelli's The Prince, Bacon's New Atlantis, Montaigne's Essays, and Descartes' Meditations in conversation with Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Othello, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Prerequisite: 200 or 300 level lit course in CO, English or other lit or consent of instructor. (Also listed as English 326 and Philosophy 303.) 1 unit - Evitt, Genova.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

Phone Number:

(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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